ATEC-FAB UTDallas

 Monday September 14, 2020

Sam Nguyen Surface Population Concept

Concept: I love photography. So I googled an outline of a basic camera. I wanted to create something that would portray photographers as great human beings. We always seem to strive and rise up. We help each other out mentally and with finances. We can connect with each other no matter that angle or perspective we give off. We can connect even if we have different backgrounds, ethnicity, and cultures. I kept this concept as simple as I could using the same designs and shapes. I liked how the root surface was like a rough draft and acted like a "case" for the camera. 

Technique: I used a picture of a basic camera. I outlined the camera with many points. Instead of extruding the points, I duplicated the points. After that, I used the loft command and it gave me a hollowed box. From here, I thought it would be a good idea to place the box out and do the previous steps again, but only this time, I added the lens from the camera. I extruded the lens out. From there, I cloned the cameras and stacked them. I also rotated them, lined them up, but also moved them around so that they weren't lined up straight. 

Materials: I made cubes and extrusions from the camera picture. I changed the color of the cameras by 

changing the object properties. If I had spent more time on this, I would have added other textures/gradients to make my compositions more interesting. 

Rhino was really frustrating to use. My workflow felt very pressured with so many concepts to understand in order to get what you want. Although this composition was not very complex, I should have an easier time for the next project.